The Spanish conquest might have toppled the Aztec imperial state with startling speed, but unpicking precisely what ‘collapse ...

The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...

Aztec writing sometimes used different colours to refine a word's meaning: This page is from an early 16th century book about Aztec imperial taxation, the Matricula de Tributos, now in the National ...

The Aztec Empire was a fascinating Mesoamerican civilization, which, at the height of its power, spanned tens of thousands of miles and over six million people. It was a thriving agricultural society ...

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that has for a long time been shaped by just one perspective, a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and his small army of ...

The early Civilization bird gets the Aztec worm. Publisher 2K and developer Firaxis revealed today that those who preorder the upcoming turn-based strategy game Civilization VI will get early access ...

An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in Colorado in May 2023, ...

According to Aztec oral tradition, the people of that early Americas empire originated from a land called Aztlan — and some scholars believe that Aztlan was Arizona. There are interesting similarities ...

The Aztec Civilization Pack is a DLC that was simultaneously released with the initial game release. It was automatically included for players who pre-ordered the game, and made available for free to ...